NAME: FRANCES ELNORA (COCHRAN) FINLEY, AGE 82, A CADDO RESIDENT AND FORMER LONGTIME OKLAHOMA CITY RESIDENT.

BORN: MAY 13, 1920 AT ATOKA, OK TO JAMES ALONZO AND LELA MAY (GREEN) COCHRAN. PASSED AWAY: WEDNESDAY EVENING, FEBRUARY 12, 2003 AT THE CADDO NURSING HOME. AGE: 82 YEARS 8 MONTHS AND 29 DAYS.

EDUCATION: ELNORA ATTENDED SCHOOL AT HARMONY, ATOKA, AND WAS A 1942 GRADUATE OF THE SOUTHEASTERN STATE TEACHERS COLLEGE.

OCCUPATION: SHE WORKED AT THE DEAN'S OFFICE WHILE ATTENDING COLLEGE. AFTER GRADUATION SHE TAUGHT AT NEW HOPE SCHOOL IN ATOKA COUNTY AND MCALESTER SCHOOLS, RETIRING IN 1985 FROM THE OKLAHOMA CITY SCHOOL SYSTEM.

MARRIED: MORRIS E. FINLEY ON MARCH 15, 1946 AT MCALESTER, OK.

CHURCH AFFILIATION: ELNORA WAS A MEMBER OF THE SOUTHERN HILLS BAPTIST CHURCH IN OKLAHOMA CITY AND LONGTIME MEMBER OF HARMONY BAPTIST CHURCH. SHE WAS A MEMBER OF THREE DIFFERENT BRIDGE CLUBS, THE OKLAHOMA RETIRED TEACHERS ASSOCIATION AND WAS ALSO AN AVID GOLFER.

SURVIVED BY

BROTHERS: MUNROE COCHRAN AND WIFE IVA OF ATOKA, OK. OREN COCHRAN AND WIFE UELALA OF ATOKA, OK.

SISTER-IN-LAW: EVA MAE COCHRAN OF ATOKA, OK

PRECEDED IN DEATH BY

HUSBAND: MORRIS E. FINLEY ON JUNE 5, 1988. PARENTS: ALONZO AND LELA COCHRAN. BROTHER: ELMER LEE COCHRAN. SISTER-IN-LAW: LEOLA COCHRAN.

DATE OF SERVICES: SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2003 AT 2:00 PM. PLACE OF SERVICES: BROWN'S FUNERAL CHAPEL ~ ATOKA, OK.

INTERMENT: GREEN MEADOWS CEMETERY ~ ATOKA, OK.

OFFICIATING: REV. TOM HARGRAVE.

CASKETBEARERS: DAVID LEE BOSTON, MICHAEL COCHRAN, CRAIG COCHRAN, KYLE COCHRAN, KEITH COCHRAN, CALLEN COCHRAN, CLAY MCCALL, CLINT BOND, LUKE GRAVES.

HONORARY CASKETBEARERS: LINDA COLES, RUBY YORK, BEA ANDERSON, BECKY WHITE.